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Anyone know the implications of EME on things like new “super cookies” or other privacy invaiding techniques?

• Santosh83 9y ago
  As it stands, EME has no direct impact on privacy, but since its very nature is a binary blob explicitly outside the control of the browser or the user, one can imagine DRM being used for purposes other than it was originally conceived for. And such kind of tracking would be impossible to simply "block", without disabling the whole page/site/app, a trade-off that most people will make in a predictable manner. DRM is just a natural consequence of commercialisation of the web and the pushes and pulls that big money brings into the picture. We won't be going back on this. The best we can hope for is govt regulation and more awareness leading to better choices from the end user, who has the power to shape the web but sadly remains distracted, diverted and ignorant, by and large.